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| | Livonia Women Job Fair
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Job Search Lessons From 'Wall Street'
by Scott Brown 5/16/2008
One common theme that seems to keep recurring during the course of a job search is that of starting to view people in corporations as inhuman and just part of a system. ...
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2 Job-Search Success Stories
by Kevin Donlin 5/16/2008
Here, from my email in-box, are two success stories from people who found great new jobs this past week. Read each story and ask yourself, "How could I apply this to my j...
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 Jobs in Grand RapidsThe following articles focus on employment and jobs in Grand Rapids as well as issues relating to careers and jobs in Michigan. | |
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"New EMU chief starts fund-raiser"
Detroit Free Press, United States - May 15, 2008
The soliciting started less than an hour after EMU's regents approved Martin's hiring by an 8-0 vote. It came at almost the same time that Jay Noren...
"Island Businesses Find New Ways To Fill Summer Employment Gap"
Mackinac Island Town Crier (subscription), MI - May 15, 2008
"We were hiring anyone that was alive and we didn't care about their prior records." College students and high school students made up almost all of support...
"Mich. lawmakers OK bill protecting workers' activities"
MLive.com, MI - May 15, 2008
"Once again the Legislature has created a roadblock for job providers, making it more difficult to create jobs and stay in Michigan," said Rep....
"INC Research names two new board members"
Bizjournals.com, NC - May 15, 2008
The companies, which also include Wilmington-based PPD, Durham's Quintiles Transnational and Raleigh's PRA International, are in the midst of a hiring...
"Ypsilanti hopes business incubator, Water St. project can fuel revival"
Michigan Business Review - MLive.com, MI - May 15, 2008
The city connected with multiple potential developers, announced that it's willing to divide the parcel and said it is on the verge of hiring a commercial...
"Program hopes to hire Mich. workers first"
WWMT, MI - May 15, 2008
The goal is to get folks in Michigan the first shot at jobs created in their own backyards. Dean says companies earning tax breaks or economic incentives...
"THE TICKER UDM signs center who's... titanic"
Detroit Free Press, United States - May 15, 2008
The Detroit area stands at a great advantage due to its Middle Eastern community." Busy with "Monday Night Football" and other jobs, sports columnist Tony...
"Small talk"
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - May 15, 2008
The Detroit, Mich., area was depressed, sales were down and management was faced with the need to cut labor costs. The company needed to cut hours,...
"Grand Rapids investment firms adds knowledge jobs, celebrates 75 years"
Rapid Growth, MI - May 14, 2008
Last year the firm, located at 40 Pearl St. NW, added three knowledge jobs to West Michigan’s economic landscape: a director of marketing,...
"City burdened by Kilpatrick kin, cronies"
Detroit Free Press, United States - May 13, 2008
That's quite a burden -- to be responsible for the livelihoods of so many families, especially in this dour Michigan economy, where decent jobs are darned...
"State: Nearly one in four teens able to work won't find employment..."
MLive.com, MI - May 12, 2008
"Not only are there fewer companies hiring, but there's more competition." This isn't just the case for Michigan teens. It's happening throughout the...
"Mayor names friends, family to jobs in cash-strapped Detroit"
MLive.com, MI - May 12, 2008
"The city of Detroit has a favorable reputation among local citizens of hiring relatives of employees," she wrote Friday in an e-mail....
"Choice hits Chrysler's laid-off workers"
DetNews.com, MI - May 9, 2008
(and) then have a huge emphasis of hiring tier-two workers," he said. Chrysler sent separate letters to Sterling Heights workers, offering them jobs in...
"A Hiring Binge in Detroit?"
BusinessWeek - Apr 16, 2008
Detroit has lost over 100000 auto jobs in the last two-plus years, devastating the Michigan economy and tax rolls. But a new report by the Center for...
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